- Source: Indian honorifics
Indian honorifics are honorific titles or appendices to names used in the Indian subcontinent, covering formal and informal social, commercial, and religious relationships. These may take the form of prefixes, suffixes or replacements.
Native honorifics
Honorifics with native/indigenous Hindu-Buddhist origin.
= Hindu-Sikh honorifics
=List of titles
Secular profession-specific honorifics
Lambardar
Patwari
Pandit (Can have Hindu connotations)
Zamindar
Ghatwal
Mulraiyat
Pradhan
Jagirdar
Mustajir
Zaildar
Talukdar
Thikadars
Influence on other cultures
With the expansion of Indosphere cultural influence of Greater India, through transmission of Hinduism in Southeast Asia and the Silk Road transmission of Buddhism leading to Indianization of Southeast Asia with non-Indian southeast Asian native Indianized kingdoms adopting Sanskritization of their languages and titles as well as ongoing historic expansion of Indian diaspora has resulted in many overseas places having Indianised names (e.g. Sanskritised naming of people, Sanskritised naming of places, Sankritised institutional mottos, Sanskritised educational institute names), architecture, martial arts, music and dance, clothing, and cuisine.
Please help expand the following partial list of Indian influenced honorifics:
Burmese honorifics and Burmese Buddhist titles
Cambodia honorifics
Cham honorifics
Filipino styles and honorifics
Indonesian honorifics
Khmer honorifics
Lao honorifics
Malay styles and titles
Sinhala honorifics
Thai royal ranks and titles
= Maratha honorifics
=Associated with the Maratha Kingdom or general Marathi-speaking population.
Kshatriyakulavatans
Chhatrapati
Maharaj
Maharani
Peshwa
PratapRao
Appa
Sardar
Deshmukh
Patil
Rao
= Sikh honorific
=Sardar
Sardarni
Giani
= Nepali (Gorkhali) honorifics
=Associated with the Khas Kings of Nepal, esp. the Shah dynasty of the Kingdom of Gorkha.
Kaji
Mukthiyar
Jangi Lat
Khazanchi
Maharajdhiraj
Maharathi
Nayab
Rajpratinidhi
Middle East honorifics
See also
Honorary titles of Indian leaders
Currently official honors:
Indian honours system
Awards and decorations of the Indian Armed Forces
Battle and theatre honours of the Indian Army
India Style (manner of address)
Past or unofficial honors:
English honorifics
Order of British India
References
External links
Media related to Indian honorifics at Wikimedia Commons
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Indian honorifics
- List of honorifics
- English honorifics
- Honorific
- Filipino styles and honorifics
- Indian name
- List of awards and nominations received by K. S. Chithra
- Baba (honorific)
- Princely state
- Indianisation
